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Thursday, February 18, 2016

February 18 in history

2015 Nigeria claimed to have killed more than 300 Boko Haram militants in a counter-offensive, as Chad pushed into rebel-held areas. Suspected Boko Haram gunmen attacked the Tamsu-Shehuri village on where they killed more than 12 people.

2015 The Greek Parliament elects Prokopis Pavlopoulos as the nation's next president; Pavlopoulos, preferred by the SYRIZA party, was chosen over opposition party nominee Nicos Alivizatos

2003Arsonist set a fire in a trian station in Daegu, South Korea kills nearly 200

1984Revised concordat between Italy and Vatican signed

1979Snow falls in Sahara Desert

1978 Nigeria’s military ruler Olusegun Obasanjo opened the Ita Oko Island prison outside Lagos, which he later described as a work farm. Later military ruler Muhammadu Buhari turned the prison into a massive holding cell for political prisoners.

1977 Soldiers from the army of Gen'l. Obasanjo raided Kalakuta, the communal home of singer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Fela's mother (77) was thrown from a 2nd-story window and later died from her injuries. The compound was burned and a fire brigade was prevented from reaching the site. Fela wrote the song "Coffin for Head of State" to describe how he and his followers carried her coffin to present it to Gen'. Obasanjo.

1975Italy broadens abortion law

1974NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)

1972California Supreme Court abolishes death penalty

1965Gambia gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1964Papandreou Government takes power in Greece

1962France and Algerian Moslems negotiate truce to end 7 year war

19608th Winter Olympic games open in Squaw Valley, California

1955Baghdad Pact signed, making Turkey and Iraq a defense alliance\

1953"Maggie" opens at National Theater New York City for 5 performances

1932Japan declares Manchuria Independent

1931Pulitzer Prize winning writer Toni Morrison was born

1931Chloe Anthony Wofford was born in Lorain, Ohio. That name might not sound familiar, but you may know her better as the famous novelist, editor, and professor, Toni Morrison. Some of Morrison’s accomplishments include the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved, the 1993 Nobel Prize, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.

1896Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for 1st time in 50 yrs

1894renowned architect Paul Revere Williams was born

1879Arabs capture Egyptian premier Nabar Pasha

1861King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes 1st king of Italy

1787Austrian emperor Jozef II bans children under 8 from labor

1688the first formal protest against slavery went on in Germantown, Pennsylvania 1129Jerusalem taken by Emperor Frederik II